Iglesias was the talk of the stands today at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers. The 20-year-old Cuban defector who got signed last fall is impressing people right and left here in Boston Red Sox spring training. (NESN video featured him last week in his debut game.)

"He's going to be in Fenway sooner than they think," said the fan next to me this afternoon after Iglesias rocketed a ball to left center field for a three-run homerun. "Real soon. He's too good."

Iglesias' blast came after David Ortiz came up empty despite staying in the game through seven innings. "He's really trying," one reluctant fan told me about Big Papi. Time will tell; and a lot of folks in the stands want to give Ortiz the benefit of the doubt as to whether he's the power hitter we've come to know and love.